MoveOn Barks
Power Line
Last June, we noted Peggy Noonan's observation that, while both political parties have problems with their bases, the Democrats "think, deep down, that their base is barking mad." More evidence from today's Hill:
<<< MoveOn.org, the Web-based, liberal grassroots group, is going after two Democratic leaders for failing to support an accelerated troop withdrawal from Iraq.
The group is targeting House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) in ads that will run in their home states through May 21. >>>
We noted the Senate vote on Russ Feingold's pullout plan yesterday; Levin was one of 67 Senators who, in effect, voted against it.
<<< "We were so proud when he was made majority leader of the House of Representatives," says the ad about Hoyer. "But that pride has turned into disappointment. Because last week, Steny Hoyer was one of just a few Democrats to vote against the McGovern bill, a real plan for withdrawing from Iraq." >>>
I hadn't known the House proposal was called the "McGovern bill." How apt!
<<< "The majority of Sen. Levin's and Rep. Hoyer's constituents, along with a majority of the country, and a majority of Democrats in Congress want a quick and responsible end to the occupation in Iraq," said Eli Pariser, the executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action. >>>
"Occupation"? Good grief. MoveOn may turn out to be the Republicans' best friend, but it certainly isn't the country's
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